Fixed Term Parliaments

Policy description

Fixed Term Parliaments involve holding general elections on a regular basis, for example every five years, with some exceptions permitting early elections. Without Fixed Term Parliaments a party with a majority had significant influence over the timing of a general election.

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Analysis for Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller generally voted against (16% aligned) fixed periods between parliamentary elections.

Comparable Labour MPs generally voted against (16% aligned).

Scoring Divisions

Scoring divisions are used to calculate the headline alignment between a person and a policy.

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Guide to columns

  • person vote: the vote cast by the person

  • party alignment: how aligned this vote was with other members of the person’s party. Higher numbers indicate less difference from the average vote of the party.

  • policy direction: if an aye vote is aligned or against the overall policy.

  • policy alignment: if this MP’s vote was aligned with the policy.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Fixed-term Parliaments Bill — Second Reading 2010-09-13 absent na agree na
Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Third Reading 2011-01-18 no 100% agree not aligned
Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — Both Houses of Parliament to Approve General Election Date 2011-07-13 no 100% agree not aligned

Informative Divisions

Informative votes are thematically related to a policy, but do not count towards the overall score.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Early General Elections 2010-12-01 no 100% against aligned
Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 2014-10-23 no 97% against aligned